Introducing Rent Ready
Know more and stress less
The City of Edmonton is helping renters find and keep housing through free courses on tenant rights and responsibilities, budgeting, home maintenance and navigating the application process. Rent Ready courses, offered in partnership with Bissell Centre, C5 Hub and the Edmonton Public Library, are part of the City's efforts to prevent homelessness by empowering tenants.
Renting can be complicated. To make it easier, these courses teach people about the rights and responsibilities of tenants and landlords, ways to find savings and make the most of their money, creating a safe home, communicating effectively with landlords and applying to rent.
Two types of courses are offered:
Basic Course: a three hour in-person course that gives renters the knowledge and tools they need to find housing that works for them.
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Certificate Course: a more in-depth four week in-person course. Upon completion, participants will receive a certificate recognized by The Alberta Residential Landlord Association as a reference for rental applications.
More than one-third of Edmonton households rent. The City and its partners want to empower people to become great tenants so they can find and keep their housing.Â
The free Rent Ready courses are part of the City’s efforts to prevent homelessness and housing insecurity and create an inclusive Edmonton for all of us. Everyone deserves safe, stable and adequate housing.
What's It Worth?
Understanding your property assessment
More than 430,000 property assessment notices were sent to Edmontonians on January 10. Property assessments are a key part of the property tax process because they determine each property owner’s fair share of taxes to support the City’s 70 services, such as fire rescue, transit, police and road maintenance.
Property assessments reflect the City’s estimate of a property’s market value, which is the amount that a property would have sold for on the open market, as of July 1, 2024. An assessment notice provides the assessed property value only and is not a tax bill.Â
City Council set a 6.1 per cent tax levy increase for 2025. Changes to individual tax bills will depend on how your property’s assessed value changed compared to the overall market change within your residential or non-residential assessment class. If your assessment goes up more than the average, your tax increase will be higher than 6.1 per cent; if your assessment change is lower than the market change, your tax change will also be lower.Â
In 2025, the overall residential market change is 6.8 per cent and the overall non-residential market change is -1.5 per cent.
When you receive your property assessment notice:
REVIEW the details on your assessment notice. Accurate information ensures you only pay your fair share of property taxes
CHECK what makes up your property assessment value and compare it with similar properties in your neighbourhood.
CALL 311 for one-on-one support.
Still have concerns?
Should you still have any questions or concerns after speaking with 311, you can file an official complaint with the Assessment Review Board.
How is my property assessed?
The following video explains how the City of Edmonton calculates your property tax.
Key Dates
January 10, 2025 to March 19, 2025
This is the 2025 Assessment Review Period. Residents have until March 19 to review their assessments, and if required, submit their formal complaint.
March 19, 2025
This is the deadline for filing formal property assessment complaints.
March/April 2025
During this time, the Government of Alberta establishes its budget to fund the provincial education system. The City of Edmonton must collect provincial education property taxes from Edmonton property owners on behalf of the provincial government.
May 2025
Property tax notices are mailed to all property owners.
June 30, 2025
This is the deadline to pay your property taxes.
Share Your Voice. Shape Your City.
There are many ways to engage with the City of Edmonton
The City of Edmonton invites residents' input into projects, policies and initiatives that grow communities, establish government services and prepare the city for the future. Below are current opportunities for Edmontonians to shape their city.
IN WARD SIPIWIYINIWAK
Touchmark at Wedgewood Land Development Application
AROUND THE CITY
Engage and Play: Shaping Public Recreation in Edmonton
StrathconaBlok99 Land Development Application
Follow Along
Upcoming Council & Committee Meetings
Interested in a topic of discussion? Want to see how Council meetings work?
Have questions about a rezoning or development application in your area?
Most City Council and Committee meetings are open to the public.
MEETINGS OF INTEREST TO WARD SIPIWIYINIWAK
Wednesday, January 22, 2025 | Executive Committee Meeting
Friday, January 24, 2025 | Public Hearing
Monday, February 3, 2025 | Public Hearing
The City of Edmonton is pleased to offer a live stream of Council & Committee meetings on its YouTube page. In addition, you will also find recordings of past meetings.
In the Ward
Community League Events & Information
Ward sipiwiyiniwak is nothing without its neighbourhoods and community leagues.
From Granville to Gariepy and Stillwater to Sherwood, there is always something happening.
Browse the full list of Ward sipiwiyiniwak community leagues to find something for you.
Callingwood-Lymburn Community League
Cameron Heights Community League
Edgemont Community League
Elmwood Community League
Glastonbury Community League
Jasper Park Community League
Laurier Heights Community League
Lessard Community League
Lynnwood Community League
Meadowlark Community League
Parkview Community League
Rio Terrace Community League
Summerlea Community League
The Hamptons Community League
Thorncliff Community League
Wedgewood Ravine Community League
West Jasper Sherwood Community League
West Meadowlark Park Community League
Westridge Wolf Willow Country Club Community League
Willowby Community League
If you have an event or important information you would like us to share in our next newsletter or on social media, please contact graham.leggett@edmonton.ca.
Contact Us
Councillor Sarah Hamilton
Ward sipiwiyiniwak, City of Edmonton
2nd Floor, City Hall
1 Sir Winston Churchill Square
Edmonton, AB T5J 2R7
TELEPHONE 780-496-8120
Image Credit: City of Edmonton
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